Shropshire Council has centralised youth support services and will in future be running a team of youth outreach workers from Shirehall. It is not supporting youth clubs which must now be independently funded from charitable groups or local councils. Last night, Ludlow Town Council stepped into the breech and agreed to fund Ludlow’s junior youth […]
Month: February 2021
Covid Watch 132: Cases in Ludlow and Bishop’s Castle cause concern amid national and wider area fall
Rates in the south west Shropshire remain low but are stubbornly refusing to fall due to an outbreak in a Bishop’s Castle care home and a small rise in cases in Ludlow. Across England, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin there is a steep decline in positive tests for Covid-19. But locally we still have a […]
Covid Watch 131: The word “truth” is being hijacked by fake news conspiracy theorists here in Ludlow
There have been too many victims of Covid-19. People for whom coronavirus was the primary cause of death. Many others whose death was accelerated or whose recovery from other diseases was cancelled through catching Covid. Truth has been a victim too. Conspiracy theorists and populists have been promoting a distorted review of reality. Uncertainty, crisis […]
Linney House appeal for eight houses dismissed – decision strengthens the case against housing at Castle View Terrace
On Thursday, a government planning inspector rejected a scheme for eight homes in the grounds of Linney House. The decision is a vindication for Shropshire Council’s planners and its tree team. They have been under a lot of pressure from the developer throughout but have stood their ground. For a scheme of at most eight […]
Hedges are being cleared, trees are being felled for housing – we must have better regreening schemes
“The first act of any developer is to ransack the countryside and cut everything down.” That’s typical of many comments I have received recently from people concerned about the impact new developments are having on the hedgerows and trees around the edge of our town. This is quite a new phenomenon as Ludlow has tended […]